Barry Callebaut also reiterated fears raised by Mars Inc of a global shortage of cocoa and the impact that could have on the individual consumer. Fiona Dawson, the then-UK president of Mars chocolate, warned in 2012 that the global cocoa sector “may suffer a 1 million tonne shortage by 2020 because of the increasing economic and environmental pressures on cocoa farms”, telling us that it just wasn’t sustainable.
So much time and so little chocolate… A cocoa shortage by 2020 can only mean one thing. Stock up now!
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